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[tomaspokorny]

Hello, after two years of use I am satisfied, but In case your programmer gets bored 🤣:

1. It would be great if we could work better with fixture groups. For example, to be able to store the intensity of the whole group in the cue instead of individual fixtures. By adding fixture to a group, the lights would automatically appear in the saved cue.  Can't do that now, or am I wrong?
2. Option to save a simple cue to a tile on the screen (same design as the groups)? Simple scenes - e.g. hazers....  take fader space unnecessarily.
3. It would be great if the fade time was not ignored when pressing the flash button.  It would come in handy sometimes, especially when releasing the button (e.g. blinder fadeout).
4. GDTF format support is great. But, If I replace old custom fixture file with enhanced ones from GDTF, Playbacks stop working and I must recreate them.  (The controls are the same, but for example the colour ranges or gobos are named)
5. Isn't the "Press to enter setup" text on the faders unnecessary? Wouldn't it be better to list, for example, the name of actual CUE?

Good luck to you

[Edward Z88]

Hi @tomaspokorny

Welcome to the Zero 88 Forum.

17 hours ago, tomaspokorny said:

Hello, after two years of use I am satisfied, but In case your programmer gets bored 🤣:

Thank you very much for taking the time to share your thoughts. It is much appreciated.

17 hours ago, tomaspokorny said:

• It would be great if we could work better with fixture groups. For example, to be able to store the intensity of the whole group in the cue instead of individual fixtures. By adding fixture to a group, the lights would automatically appear in the saved cue.  Can't do that now, or am I wrong?

Thank you for this suggestion. Individual fixtures can be recorded into cues, and the fixture's intensities can reference the level recorded in a group. If the intensity level in the group is updated, the cues update too...

https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/groups/referencing-intensity-groups

However, if you update a group to add a fixture, this fixture wouldn't automatically be added into all cues that were recorded using the group.

If you need to add another fixture, and you want it to always respond like an existing identical fixture, you could simply use a single fixture number of the console, but add additional DMX addresses to it...

https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/patching/fixture-schedule/edit-dmx-address

17 hours ago, tomaspokorny said:

• Option to save a simple cue to a tile on the screen (same design as the groups)? Simple scenes - e.g. hazers....  take fader space unnecessarily.

Cues can't currently be accessed through onscreen tiles. However, you can record "snapshot palettes", which may achieve what you're after. Please see the link below for more information...

https://www.zero88.com/manuals/zeros/palettes/recording-palettes

17 hours ago, tomaspokorny said:

• It would be great if the fade time was not ignored when pressing the flash button.  It would come in handy sometimes, especially when releasing the button (e.g. blinder fadeout).

This is an enhancement we would like to implement in a future software update. This feature request is logged as reference number ZOS-9979 on our system.

17 hours ago, tomaspokorny said:

• GDTF format support is great. But, If I replace old custom fixture file with enhanced ones from GDTF, Playbacks stop working and I must recreate them.  (The controls are the same, but for example the colour ranges or gobos are named)

If you can email your show file to support@zero88.com along with your fixture files, we will be able to investigate this further.

17 hours ago, tomaspokorny said:

1. Isn't the "Press to enter setup" text on the faders unnecessary? Wouldn't it be better to list, for example, the name of actual CUE?

In the Faders window, the current functionality of pressing the onscreen playbacks is displayed. This option can be changed in Setup -> Settings -> Operational. I have logged your suggestion to add cue names to the onscreen playbacks in the Faders window. This enhancement is logged as reference number ZOS-8875.

Thanks again for taking the time to share your suggestions. If you have any questions, please let us know.

Edward